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"Time to Pick Up a Gun!?!"
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Handmade poster alluding to a statement from American social and political activist Tom Hayden, in which he allegedly asked, "[Is it] time to pick up a gun!?!" A long-haired man with a peace-symbol necklace stands atop a rifle. The meditation on the bottom addresses its reader directly, discussing the quote as it pertains to social revolutions and Christianity. The additional scrawls were presumably added by readers while the poster was hanging for public consumption.
1970
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W0135KY
WHi 50023
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United States Constitution, Front
September 19, 1787
The first printing of the United States Constitution found in the "Pennsylvania Packet," and "Daily Advertiser."
Emilie Quiner Diary Page
July 8, 1863
Diary entries for July 7 and 8, 1863 written by Emilie Quiner while caring for Union soldiers in Memphis, Tennessee.
$30 Reward
February 1, 1864
List of Civil War draft-dodgers issued by the Provost Marshal's office, Fifth District of Wisconsin.
An Investment for Every Purse - 2nd War Loan - They Give Their Lives - You Lend Your Money
1943
Treasury Design, unknown title and number. The poster features a waving blue flag with the words "2nd War Loan" printed on it in white.
News Article, How Nonviolent Warrior Feels on Firing Line in Rural Dixie, May 20, 1963
circa 1964
Materials from the civil rights era, particularly around the 1960s.
German McCormick Self-Rake Reaper Advertisement
1870
German-language circular advertising McCormick's Self-Rake Reaper.
